[Veto!]

I’m a very big fan of wildlife. But, as I recall, last time we OK’d drilling in the Arctic, wildlife got a boost because there was more available food, thanks to drillers’ garbage dumps.

Isn’t the drilling spot a tiny fraction of the Arctic?

[chaosagent]

I remember seeing a description of the drilling area for ANWR.

It said that if you think of the ANWR area as a tennis court, the area open for drilling was the size of a postage stamp in one corner.

[Fresh Wind]

Isn’t the drilling spot a tiny fraction of the Arctic?

Seems that I recall a comparison of the proposed drilling area to all of ANWR as equivalent to a postcard laying on a football fied.

[grey_whiskers]

[A Navy Vet]

"I’m a very big fan of wildlife. But, as I recall, last time we OK’d drilling in the Arctic, wildlife got a boost because there was more available food, thanks to drillers’ garbage dumps."

Not only that, but there are many photos on the Net of "sacred" caribou lounging about and even on top of the current pipeline.

Face it, the enviroweenies don't want anything touched by humankind. I believe if they could erase every city, every structure, and send the world back to the 1600's, they would do it. Hey, weenies, good luck with the next plague.

[calljack]

Its about the size of a period on a 4X8 sheet of plywood. Its nothing.

[bravo whiskey]

IIRC ANWR is about the size of Colorado and the drilling footprint is about the size of Denver.

[BubbaBobTX]

Also the moose and antelope use the pipeline as shelter from the wind and the oil moving through the pipes warms up the area immediately around the pipeline so they huddle around it to keep warm.